Post by: Thrashfennek72 on September 09, 2010, 08:18:27 PM
Let me start
Lives in
Amsterdam-The netherlands.: Shit... only in my collector store i can get gi joes ... and even then its nothing...
Owen sound-Ontario canada : Slighty better our big stores ( target , k-mart , wal-mart stacks some...)
But still must we all just accept the era of he action figure has ended?...kids today only play video games ( all the toy folders i get in the mail is games only) how often do you still see kids really playing with toys?
Post by: BHMike on September 09, 2010, 11:02:33 PM
Quote from: "Thrashfennek72"
Owen sound-Ontario canada : Slighty better our big stores ( target , k-mart , wal-mart stacks some...)
That would be because there has never been a Target in Canada, and KMart left Canada about 10 years ago.
Post by: latinjoe22 on September 10, 2010, 12:16:36 AM
Quote from: "THE Mike™"
Quote from: "Thrashfennek72"Owen sound-Ontario canada : Slighty better our big stores ( target , k-mart , wal-mart stacks some...)
That would be because there has never been a Target in Canada, and KMart left Canada about 10 years ago.
I used to buy my favorite '87-88 Joe characters at K-mart for 3.88$ plus taxes, man my local K-Mart had a gigantic and beautiful 15 foot long section of figures, I really miss that store chain... :'(
Post by: Thrashfennek72 on September 10, 2010, 12:35:59 AM
Quote from: "THE Mike™"
Quote from: "Thrashfennek72"Owen sound-Ontario canada : Slighty better our big stores ( target , k-mart , wal-mart stacks some...)
That would be because there has never been a Target in Canada, and KMart left Canada about 10 years ago.
I mean just big stores in general
Post by: Thrashfennek72 on September 10, 2010, 12:39:06 AM
Quote from: "Thrashfennek72"
Tell me how well destrubuted Gi joes are in your local area?
Let me start
Lives in
Amsterdam-The netherlands.: Shit... only in my collector store i can get gi joes ... and even then its nothing...
Owen sound-Ontario canada : Slighty better our big stores stacks some... but still nog very good
But still must we all just accept the era of he action figure has ended?...kids today only play video games ( all the toy folders i get in the mail is games only) how often do you still see kids really playing with toys?
Post by: bandonov on September 10, 2010, 08:10:20 AM
Post by: BHMike on September 10, 2010, 09:53:39 AM
Quote from: "bandonov"
If we are going to talk about the past, I miss going to Towers
+1
http://www.towersdepartmentstores.info/index.htm (http://www.towersdepartmentstores.info/index.htm)
Post by: darth cujo on September 10, 2010, 10:35:22 AM
Post by: NeoDragonKnight on September 10, 2010, 10:35:52 AM
I remember looking in the catalog and getting a figure or 2 or vehicle. Good times.
Post by: Thrashfennek72 on September 10, 2010, 11:31:28 AM
Post by: pdaat on September 10, 2010, 12:04:34 PM
Post by: Redmao on September 10, 2010, 01:15:14 PM
TRU and Toyville were awesome in the 80's. TRU would have every figures pictured on the back of the card and an impressive display of shelves filled with vehicles. Might explain why Joe was so big back then... or maybe was it like that BECAUSE he was big...
Post by: pdaat on September 10, 2010, 01:20:25 PM
Quote from: "Redmao"
Consumers distributing had a cool catalog, but every time I went there to get Joes, the clerk would shrug and point at about 8 figures hanging from the edge of a shelf. "This is what we have left."Yeah - Consumers was nice - I got Duke there. The bigger spreads in the Sears catalogues were great too.
TRU and Toyville were awesome in the 80's. TRU would have every figures pictured on the back of the card and an impressive display of shelves filled with vehicles. Might explain why Joe was so big back then... or maybe was it like that BECAUSE he was big...
Post by: Thrashfennek72 on September 10, 2010, 01:22:55 PM
Quote from: "Redmao"
Consumers distributing had a cool catalog, but every time I went there to get Joes, the clerk would shrug and point at about 8 figures hanging from the edge of a shelf. "This is what we have left."
TRU and Toyville were awesome in the 80's. TRU would have every figures pictured on the back of the card and an impressive display of shelves filled with vehicles. Might explain why Joe was so big back then... or maybe was it like that BECAUSE he was big...
Well i'm a 90's kid so i never had vintage joes , but i remember being annoyed because me local shops never had more than 5 jurassic park toys.... and i spent hours looking at the packaging at the toys i never could find... thats why i kept them
Post by: latinjoe22 on September 10, 2010, 01:45:23 PM
Quote from: "Thrashfennek72"
How about sears ? do they still make those cool exclusives?
No, sadly that glorious era is long gone. Zellers, Walmart and Toys R Us are really the big ones that carry exclusives, but even when they get here in my City and province of Montreal, Quebec, they disappear really really fast and restocking doesn't happen often. Per instance when we got the ROC wave 3 alpha vehicles (Polar Sharc, Lava pod, etc), credit goes to one scalper from what I heard from very reliable sources who singlehandly hunt them all down at every Montreal Walmart stores, leaving nothing for those who would've had a fair chance considering that they were a lot. Exclusives are a real bargain for scalpers, expecially when they show up at Walmart. Back in the olden days, parents, kids, and collectors wouldn't really buy the exclusives just for their exclusivity status, those were better days.
Post by: Thrashfennek72 on September 10, 2010, 02:08:11 PM
Quote from: "latinjoe22"
Quote from: "Thrashfennek72"How about sears ? do they still make those cool exclusives?
No, sadly that glorious era is long gone. Zellers, Walmart and Toys R Us are really the big ones that carry exclusives, but even when they get here in my City and province of Montreal, Quebec, they disappear really really fast and restocking doesn't happen often. Per instance when we got the ROC wave 3 alpha vehicles (Polar Sharc, Lava pod, etc), credit goes to one scalper from what I heard from very reliable sources who singlehandly hunt them all down at every Montreal Walmart stores, leaving nothing for those who would've had a fair chance considering that they were a lot. Exclusives are a real bargain for scalpers, expecially when they show up at Walmart. Back in the olden days, parents, kids, and collectors wouldn't really buy the exclusives just for their exclusivity status, those were better days.
Yeah and the new exclusives are never that cool... where the sears crison guard mobat and SMS more expensive back in the day?
Post by: bishop on October 08, 2010, 10:57:34 PM
Quote from: "Thrashfennek72"
Yeah and the new exclusives are never that cool... where the sears crison guard mobat and SMS more expensive back in the day
For me, it was Consumers Distributing back in the days... I remember getting the black cobra Mobat in clearance for 9.99$. And it was awesome to be able to shop from home then. Did not know about the other Sears exclusive until recently.
Back on topic, nowadays, it's the trip to Walmart, Toys R us, Toys on fire and several toy conventions.
Post by: Inzane on October 08, 2010, 11:43:33 PM
Quote from: "latinjoe22"
credit goes to one scalper from what I heard from very reliable sources who singlehandly hunt them all down at every Montreal Walmart stores, leaving nothing for those who would've had a fair chance
I'd like to hang guys like that by their scrotum.
Post by: ARROW on October 09, 2010, 12:18:20 AM
Its just basic math that the larger the population is around you, the larger the collector population is going to be too.
I advocate hitting those smaller centres when you can, travelling a bit further out-of-field to look for stuff.
Understand that smaller chains often carry this stuff, as well as collectible stores off the beaten path.
Look at retailers like Home Hardware, Canadian Tire, London Drugs, Fields, True-Value Hardware, Pharmasave, Winners and other similar local/regional chains. They can often have some Joe items on their pegs, and many have somewhat decent ( albeit small) toy sections. You would be surprised where collectible toys can be found these days.
Let's face it, EVERYBODY hits the big chains because in their work-a-day lives they are the easiest, most convenient retailers to look at.
With so many mouths at the same feeding trough there is always going to be less to go around, and finding stuff is going to be a matter of luck and timing.
You'll have more luck scoping out a Walmart in Winnipeg or Kamloops than you will at a Wally in Toronto or Calgary.
If you are serious about increasing your odds, expand your search parameters just a bit more, and try some of the out-of-the-way places when you can.
Post by: bandonov on October 11, 2010, 04:28:31 PM
Quote from: "ARROW"
You'll have more luck scoping out a Walmart in Winnipeg or Kamloops than you will at a Wally in Toronto or Calgary.
If you are serious about increasing your odds, expand your search parameters just a bit more, and try some of the out-of-the-way places when you can.
This is so right! I went to Cottage country for the weekend and you would never guess what was sitting in the only toy store in Haliburton was a PoC Alley-Viper and Cobra Commander waiting for me to buy them.
Post by: pdaat on October 11, 2010, 05:32:12 PM
Quote from: "bandonov"
How many CCs to you have?Quote from: "ARROW"You'll have more luck scoping out a Walmart in Winnipeg or Kamloops than you will at a Wally in Toronto or Calgary.
If you are serious about increasing your odds, expand your search parameters just a bit more, and try some of the out-of-the-way places when you can.
This is so right! I went to Cottage country for the weekend and you would never guess what was sitting in the only toy store in Haliburton was a PoC Alley-Viper and Cobra Commander waiting for me to buy them.
Post by: bandonov on October 11, 2010, 06:54:00 PM
Post by: pdaat on October 11, 2010, 08:04:29 PM
Quote from: "bandonov"
I will have to double check... around 14 so far... I think I will stop at 15How many AVs?
Pretty sure I am stopping at 3.
Post by: bandonov on October 11, 2010, 09:00:04 PM
Post by: B on October 13, 2010, 05:11:04 PM
Quote from: "ARROW"
Joes have been relatively easy for me to get over the past several years--mostly because I have lived in either rural areas or smaller centres.
Its just basic math that the larger the population is around you, the larger the collector population is going to be too.
I advocate hitting those smaller centres when you can, travelling a bit further out-of-field to look for stuff.
Understand that smaller chains often carry this stuff, as well as collectible stores off the beaten path.
Look at retailers like Home Hardware, Canadian Tire, London Drugs, Fields, True-Value Hardware, Pharmasave, Winners and other similar local/regional chains. They can often have some Joe items on their pegs, and many have somewhat decent ( albeit small) toy sections. You would be surprised where collectible toys can be found these days.
Let's face it, EVERYBODY hits the big chains because in their work-a-day lives they are the easiest, most convenient retailers to look at.
With so many mouths at the same feeding trough there is always going to be less to go around, and finding stuff is going to be a matter of luck and timing.
You'll have more luck scoping out a Walmart in Winnipeg or Kamloops than you will at a Wally in Toronto or Calgary.
If you are serious about increasing your odds, expand your search parameters just a bit more, and try some of the out-of-the-way places when you can.
yeah I live in Winnipeg and have only checked for PoC twice and managed to grab at least 5 AV's without trying.
Post by: bandonov on October 13, 2010, 07:09:00 PM
Quote from: "B"
yeah I live in Winnipeg and have only checked for PoC twice and managed to grab at least 5 AV's without trying.
Thanks for letting us know on your hardship on finding AV's :P Just Kidding
Post by: dodge822 on October 13, 2010, 07:25:32 PM
Post by: turner on October 13, 2010, 08:58:07 PM
Post by: Kronser on October 16, 2010, 01:13:19 PM
Quote from: "bandonov"
I will have to double check... around 14 so far... I think I will stop at 15
Dude, I think you picked a bad figure to hoard. No offense, but who is going to want them? I traded one when it was considered rare, but now I don't suppose it's in any more demand than any of the other single packed figs, and he's coming out in a revision in USA, so probably here too. Hopefully you can take them back if you feel you're stuck on 130 dollars worth of ROC repaints.
Post by: bandonov on October 16, 2010, 05:21:30 PM
Post by: Kronser on October 16, 2010, 05:33:22 PM